Need help to find jazz artist.....

This is a bit embarrassing but since there are so many people here someone might be able to point me in the right direction.....

Last Summer (I know l said it was embarrassing ) Jonathon Ross played on his Sat morning radio 2 show an almost instrumental song by a jazz artist. I actually thought it was a recent record because it was so good anyway he said this man had been dead for quite a few years and he had a double barrelled surname OR an initial before his surname...

I did search for him on youtube and there were some tributes to him playing the song, then l went to buy an album and whoosh clunk the name has escaped me and bugged me ever since!

Anyone any ideas?

M x

A little light relief: Mary had a little lamb, she tied it to a pylon, 10,000 volts shot up its bum and turned its wool to nylon.

I remember ,years and years ago, he used to busk on Hungerford bridge in London before he hit the big time. He played like a God,and my friend and I asked him why he was playing on a bridge if he could play like that. He replied that he preferred the atmosphere on Hungerford Bridge to that in Jazz clubs.

Katzen, no that's not him this man was black. But thankyou for that l've been looking at him on youtube, never heard of him before and will now have to add d*ck Heckstall Smith to my record collection, that man can play!

A little light relief: Mary had a little lamb, she tied it to a pylon, 10,000 volts shot up its bum and turned its wool to nylon.

Margaret... although it is a while back there are usually records kept I understand of music played in programmes ....I did the same sort of search with a TV station for some music...try e- mailing the BBC website with your request..I think they have a specific page where you can post your request....

"Always tell the truth.That way you don`t have to remember what you said"[Mark Twain]

Snap!Bl**dy pain.Luckily, I've got a fairly big jazz collection - inherited my father's which was great, although he had a lot of stuff on 8-track which has been problematic in transferring. Luckily, my son has managed.

I hope not! This has got me intrigued. Come on, Margaret - give us a clue!

eek! All l remember was it was almost instrumental in that it had very few words, l'm sure it was a double barrelled name and when l looked him up on youtube there was the song on a tribute page, he was black and died a while ago.

The song was ace, as l said it almost sounded recent (unless someone had remastered it?).

It's really bugging me now l've GOT to find out who it was. Thansk for the wikipedia page ponky l've had a look and nothings jogging my memory yet...

Going to email the show, god l hope they don't read it out - oh look this twerp wants to know what song we played LAST YEAR....

m xx

A little light relief: Mary had a little lamb, she tied it to a pylon, 10,000 volts shot up its bum and turned its wool to nylon.